Mark Heidecker Jr. was arrested in Cincinnati after escaping a vehicle taking him back to the Campbell County Detention Center from a work program.

The Campbell County Detention Center inmate walked away from a work program Friday afternoon, said Jailer Jim Daley.

An official from Silver Grove Independent Schools was driving Heidecker back to the detention center for the day at about 4 p.m., Daley said.

"They were bringing him back when they stopped at a traffic light and he jumped out and took off," he said. "He just opened the door and bolted."

Heidecker jumped out at a traffic light in front of Newport on the Levee, Daley said. Dressed in his orange Department of Corrections shirt he began heading toward either the Purple People or Taylor Southgate bridge, according to emergency communications.

Less than 10 minutes after he was spotted heading toward the Ohio River, Cincinnati police apprehended him on the Ohio side. Daley said he was on the run for about 15 to 20 minutes.

Heidecker, 24, was booked into the detention center Dec. 14 and is scheduled to be released March 10, 2016, according to jail documents.

Daley said Heidecker was in on charges of possession of marijuana, tampering with physical evidence and possession of a controlled substance (opiates).

Heidecker is considered a Class B Inmate, Daley said.

"He belongs to the Department of Corrections and then local jails hold them, then they're allowed in a work program," he said.

The detention center sends work groups to Silver Grove school frequently, Daley said, to do maintenance work such as cleaning and mowing the grass.

Heidecker will likely face escape charges, and may not be allowed to participate in work programs again, Daley said. He will be held in Hamilton County until he appears in court and waives extradition.

Daley said he could face up to five more years in prison.

"(He's) not an escape in the true sense of the word, but we do charge them with escapes," he said. "Generally he'll have to serve out the remainder of his sentence and he'll have to serve additional time."